The Soka GakkaiDictionary of Buddhism Dictionary Skip to main content (Press Enter). A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z All Word Ta-hsing-shan-ssu［大興善寺］ (PY Daxingshansi; Daikōzen-ji) Taiseki-ji［大石寺］ Taishaku［帝釈］ () Takahashi Rokurō Hyōe, the lay priest［高橋六郎兵衛入道］ (n.d.) ( Takahashi Rokurō Hyōe-nyūdō) Takshashilā［徳叉尸羅］ (; Tokushashira) tāla tree［多羅樹］ (; tara-ju) Tamāla Leaf Sandalwood Fragrance［多摩羅跋栴檀香如来］ ( Tamālapattra-chandana-gandha or Tamālapatra-chandana-gandha; Tamarabatsu-sendankō-nyorai or Tamaraba-sendankō-nyorai) Tamon-ten［多聞天］ () T’ang Dynasty Biographies of Eminent Priests, The［唐高僧伝］ ( Tō-kōsō-den) T’an-luan［曇鸞］ (476–542) (PY Tanluan; Donran) Tantric Buddhism［タントラ仏教］ ( Tantora-bukkyō) T’an-yao［曇曜］ (n.d.) (PY Tanyao; Don’yō) Tao-an［道安］ (PY Daoan; Dōan) (1) (312–385); (2) (n.d.) Tao-ch’o［道綽］ (562–645) (PY Daochuo; Dōshaku) Tao-hsien［道暹］ (n.d.) (PY Daoxian; Dōsen) Tao-hsin［道信］ (580–651) (PY Daoxin; Dōshin) Tao-hsüan(PY Daoxuan) (1) ［道宣］ (596–667) ( Dōsen); (2) ［道璿］ ( Dōsen) Tao-sheng［道生・竺道生］ (d. 434) (PY Daosheng; Dōshō or Jiku-dōshō) Tao-sui［道邃］ (n.d.) (PY Daosui; Dōsui or Dōzui) Tarim Basin［タリム盆地］ ( Tarimu-bonchi) tathāgata［如来］ (, Pali; nyorai) tathatā［真如・如如］ (, Pali; shinnyo or nyonyo) Tatsunokuchi Persecution［竜の口の法難］ ( Tatsunokuchi-no-hōnan) Ta-tz’u-en-ssu［大慈恩寺］ (PY Daciensi; Daijion-ji) Taxila［タクシラ］ ( Takushira) teacherless wisdom［無師智］ ( mushi-chi) Teacher of Heavenly and Human Beings［天人師］ ( shāstā-deva-manushyānām; tennin-shi) “Teacher of the Law” chapter［法師品］ ( Hosshi-hon) teacher of the nation［国師］ ( kokushi) teacher of the true cause［本因妙の教主］ ( honnin-myō-no-kyōshu) teacher of the true effect［本果妙の教主］ ( honga-myō-no-kyōshu) teaching of gleaning［捃拾教］ ( kunjū-kyō) teaching, practice, and proof［教行証］ ( kyō-gyō-shō) Teaching, Practice, Faith, and Proof, The［教行信証］ ( Kyō-gyō-shin-shō) teachings of the three periods［三時教］ ( sanji-kyō) teaching that unites the branch teaching with the root teaching［摂末帰本法輪］ ( shōmatsu-kihon-hōrin) Temple school［寺門派］ ( Jimon-ha) ten analogies［十喩］ ( jū-yu) ten comparisons［十喩］ ( jū-yu) Tendai Esotericism［台密］ ( Taimitsu) Tendai Hokke school［天台法華宗］ ( Tendai Hokke-shū) Tendai Lotus school［天台法華宗］ ( Tendai Hokke-shū) Tendai school［天台宗］ ( Tendai-shū) ten demon daughters［十羅刹女］ ( jū-rasetsu-nyo) ten directions［十方］ ( jippō) Ten Divisions of Monastic Rules, The［十誦律］ (Chin Shih-sung-lü; Jūju-ritsu) ten doctrines［十宗］ ( jisshū) ten evil acts［十悪］ ( jū-aku) ten factors of life［十如是］ ( jū-nyoze) ten good acts［十善］ ( jū-zen) ten good precepts［十善戒］ ( jū-zen-kai) ten great scholars of the Consciousness-Only school［唯識十大論師］ ( yuishiki-jūdai-ronji) ten honorable titles［十号］ ( jū-gō) ten kinds of offerings［十種供養］ ( jisshu-kuyō) ten kings［十王］ ( jū-ō) ten major disciples［十大弟子］ ( jūdai-deshi) ten major precepts［十重禁戒］ ( ju-jūkinkai) ten major writings［十大部］ ( jūdai-bu) ten meditations［十乗観法］ ( jūjō-kampō) ten mysteries［十玄門］ ( jū-gemmon) ten mystic principles［十妙］ ( jū-myō) ten objects［十境］ ( jikkyō) ten onenesses［十不二門］ ( jippunimon) Ten Onenesses, The［十不二門］ (Chin Shih-pu-erh-men; Jippunimon) ten pāramitās［十波羅蜜］ ( jū-haramitsu or jipparamitsu) ten peerlessnesses［十無上］ ( jū-mujō) ten powers［十力］ ( jū-riki) ten precepts［十戒］ ( jikkai) ten rākshasa daughters［十羅刹女］ ( jū-rasetsu-nyo) ten schools［十宗］ ( jisshū) Tenshō Daijin［天照大神］ () ten similes［十喩］ ( jū-yu) ten stages of development［十地］ ( dashabhūmi; jū-ji) ten stages of devotion［十廻向］ ( jū-ekō) ten stages of faith［十信］ ( jisshin) ten stages of practice［十行］ ( jū-gyō) ten stages of security［十住］ ( jū-jū) ten stages of the mind［十住心］ ( jū-jūshin) Ten Stages Sutra［十地経］ ( Dashabhūmika-sūtra; Chin Shih-ti-ching; Jūji-kyō) ten supernatural powers［十神力］ ( jū-jinriki) ten unlawful revisions［十事の非法］ ( jūji-no-hihō) Ten Worlds［十界］ ( jikkai) theoretical teaching［迹門］ ( shakumon) Theravāda school［上座部］ (Pali; Sthaviravāda; Jōza-bu) third doctrine［第三の法門］ ( daisan-no-hōmon) third group of the listeners of Great Universal Wisdom Excellence Buddha’s teaching［大通結縁の第三類］ ( Daitsū-kechien-no-daisanrui) thirteen major prohibitions［十三僧残］ ( jūsan-sōzan) thirteen schools of China［中国十三宗］ ( Chūgoku-jūsan-shū) thirty-four forms［三十四身］ ( sanjūshi-shin) thirty-seven aids to the way［三十七道品］ ( sanjūshichi-dōhon) Thirty-Stanza Treatise on the Consciousness-Only Doctrine, The［唯識三十論頌］ ( Trimshikā-vijnaptimātratā-siddhi; Chin Wei-shih-san-shih-lun-sung; Yuishiki-sanjū-ron-ju) thirty-three forms［三十三身］ ( sanjūsan-shin) thirty-three gods［三十三天］ ( sanjūsan-ten) thirty-two features［三十二相］ ( sanjūni-sō) thirty-two features and eighty characteristics［三十二相八十種好］ ( sanjūni-sō-hachijisshugō) “This is what I heard”［如是我聞］ ( evam mayā shrutam; nyoze-gamon) Thousand-armed Perceiver of the World’s Sounds［千手観音］ ( Sahasrabhuja; Senju-kannon) thousand-millionfold world［三千大千世界］ ( sanzen-daisen-sekai) thousand-spoked wheel［千輻輪相］ ( sempukurin-sō) three asamkhya kalpas and a hundred major kalpas［三祇百大劫］ ( sangi-hyakudai-kō) three ascetics［三仙］ ( san-sen) three assemblies in two places［二処三会］ ( nisho-sanne) three benefits［三益］ ( san-yaku) three bodies［三身］ ( trikāya; san-jin) three calamities［三災］ ( san-sai) three calamities and seven disasters［三災七難］ ( sansai-shichinan) three cardinal sins［三逆・三逆罪］ ( san-gyaku or san-gyakuzai) three categories of action［三業］ ( san-gō) three categories of illusion［三惑］ ( san-waku) three categories of preaching［已今当・三説］ ( i-kon-tō or san-setsu) three circles［三輪］ ( san-rin) three comprehensive precepts［三聚浄戒］ ( sanju-jō-kai) three cycles of preaching［三周の説法］ ( sanshū-no-seppō) three Dharma seals［三法印］ ( sambōin) three divisions of a sutra［三分科経］ ( sambunka-kyō) three divisions of the canon［三蔵］ ( tripitaka; Pali tipitaka; san-zō) three equalities［三平等］ ( san-byōdō) three evil paths［三悪道・三悪趣］ ( san-akudō or san-akushu) three exhortations and four entreaties［三誡四請］ ( sankai-shishō) three existences［三世］ ( san-ze) three expedient means［三方便］ ( san-hōben) threefold contemplation in a single mind［一心三観］ ( isshin-sangan) threefold Lotus Sutra［法華三部経］ ( Hokke-sambu-kyō) threefold refuge［三帰・三帰依・三帰戒］ ( san-ki, san-kie, or san-kikai) threefold refuge and observance of the five precepts［三帰五戒］ ( sanki-gokai) threefold secret teaching［三重秘伝］ ( sanjū-hiden) threefold world［三界］ ( san-gai) three gates to emancipation［三解脱門］ ( san-gedatsu-mon) three good paths［三善道］ ( san-zendō) Three Great Secret Laws［三大秘法］ ( sandai-hihō) three groups of voice-hearers［三周の声聞］ ( sanshū-no-shōmon) three heavenly sons of light［三光天子］ ( sankō-tenshi) three illusions［三惑］ ( san-waku) three inherent potentials of the Buddha nature［三因仏性］ ( san’in-busshō) three insights［三明］ ( san-myō) three insights and six transcendental powers［三明六通］ ( sammyō-rokutsū) three kalpas［三劫］ ( san-kō) three Kāshyapa brothers［三迦葉］ ( san-kashō) three kinds of mind［三心］ ( san-jin) three kinds of non-regression［三不退］ ( san-futai) three kinds of offerings［三施］ ( san-se) three kinds of tranquillity［三念住・三念処］ ( san-nenjū or san-nenjo) three kinds of wisdom［三智］ ( san-chi) three leaders and seven witnesses［三師七証］ ( sanshi-shichishō) three major works on the Lotus Sutra［法華三大部］ ( Hokke-sandai-bu) three major writings of the T’ien-t’ai school［天台三大部］ ( Tendai-sandai-bu) three martyrs of Atsuhara［熱原の三烈士］ ( Atsuhara-no-sanresshi) three meditations for emancipation［三解脱門］ ( san-gedatsu-mon) three metaphors of the essential teaching［本門の三譬］ ( hommon-no-sampi) three metaphors of the theoretical teaching［迹門の三譬］ ( shakumon-no-sampi) three-month retreat［安居］ ( varsha or vārshika; Pali vassa; ango) three mysteries［三密］ ( san-mitsu) three mystic principles［三妙］ ( san-myō) three obstacles and four devils［三障四魔］ ( sanshō-shima) three ordination platforms［三戒壇］ ( san-kaidan) three paths(1) (3) ［三道］ ( san-dō); (2) ［三途］ ( san-zu) three periods［三時］ ( san-ji) three periods, teachings of the［三時教］ ( sanji-kyō) three poisons［三毒］ ( san-doku) three powerful enemies［三類の強敵］ ( sanrui-no-gōteki) three-pronged diamond-pounder［三鈷杵］ ( sanko-sho) three pronouncements［三箇の勅宣・三箇の鳳詔］ ( sanka-no-chokusen or sanka-no-hōshō) three proofs［三証］ ( san-shō) three Pure Land sutras［浄土三部経］ ( Jōdo-sambu-kyō) three realms of existence［三世間］ ( san-seken) three refuges［三帰・三帰依・三帰戒］ ( san-ki, san-kie, or san-kikai) three robes［三衣］ ( sanne) three robes and one begging bowl［三衣一鉢］ ( sanne-ippatsu) three rules of preaching［三軌・弘経の三軌］ ( san-ki or gukyō-no-sanki) three schools of the south and seven schools of the north［南三北七］ ( nansan-hokushichi) three seals of Dharma［三法印］ ( sambōin) three stages of worthiness［三賢・三賢位］ ( san-gen or san-gen-i) Three Stages school［三階教］ (Chin San-chieh-chiao; Sangai-kyō) three standards of comparison［三種の教相］ ( sanshu-no-kyōsō) three sufferings［三苦］ ( san-ku) three thousand realms in a single moment of life［一念三千］ ( ichinen-sanzen) three thousand rules of conduct［三千威儀］ ( sanzen-igi) three-time gaining of distinction［三度の高名］ ( sando-no-kōmyō) three-time purification of the lands［三変土田］ ( sampen-doden) three treasures［三宝］ ( triratna or ratna-traya; sambō) Three Treatises school［三論宗］ (Chin San-lun-tsung; Sanron-shū) three True Word sutras［真言三部経］ ( Shingon-sambu-kyō) three truths［三諦］ ( san-tai) three types of action［三業］ ( san-gō) three types of character［三性］ ( san-shō) three types of enemies［三類の敵人］ ( sanrui-no-tekijin) three types of expedient means［三方便］ ( san-hōben) three types of learning［三学］ ( san-gaku) three types of meditation［三等至・三定・三静慮］ ( san-tōji, san-jō, or san-jōryo) three vehicles［三乗］ ( sanjō) three vehicle teachings［三乗法］ ( sanjō-hō) three virtues［三徳］ ( san-toku) three ways［三道］ ( san-dō) three worthies［三賢］ ( san-gen) thrice turned wheel of the Law［三転法輪］ ( san-tembōrin) Thus Come One［如来］ (, Pali tathāgata; nyorai) Thus Come One Zen［如来禅］ ( nyorai-zen) Tibetan Buddhism［チベット仏教］ ( Chibetto-bukkyō) T’ien-t’ai［天台］ (538–597) (PY Tiantai; Tendai) T’ien-t’ai, Mount［天台山］ (PY Tiantai-shan; Tendai-san) T’ien-t’ai school［天台宗］ (PY Tiantaizong; Tendai-shū) T’ien-t’ai’s three major works［天台三大部］ ( Tendai-sandai-bu) Ti-lun school［地論宗］ (PY Dilunzong; Jiron-shū) Time school［時宗］ ( Ji-shū) tipitaka［三蔵］ (Pali; san-zō) tōba［塔婆］ () Tōdai-ji［東大寺］ Tōfuku-ji［東福寺］ Tō-ji［東寺］ Tōjō Kagenobu［東条景信］ (n.d.) Toki Jōnin［富木常忍］ (1216–1299) Tokuichi［徳一］ Tokuitsu［徳一］ (n.d.) Tōshōdai-ji［唐招提寺］ transference of benefit［廻向・回向］ ( parināma or parināmana; ekō) transfer of the essence of the Lotus Sutra［結要付嘱］ ( ketchō-fuzoku) transformation body［変化身・化身］ ( henge-shin or keshin) transmigration in the six paths［六道輪廻］ ( rokudō-rinne) transmigration with change and advance［変易生死］ ( hen’yaku-shōji or hennyaku-shōji) transmigration with differences and limitations［分段生死］ ( bundan-shōji) transmission from mind to mind［以心伝心］ ( ishin-denshin) transmission of the essence of the Lotus Sutra［結要付嘱］ ( ketchō-fuzoku) Transmission of the Lamp, The［伝灯録］ (Chin Ch’uan-teng-lu; Dentō-roku) transmission section［流通分］ ( rutsū-bun) Travels of Fa-hsien, The［法顕伝］ (Chin Fa-hsien-chuan; Hokken-den) Trāyastrimsha Heaven［忉利天］ (; Tōri-ten) treasure tower［宝塔］ ( hōtō) “Treasure Tower” chapter［宝塔品］ ( Hōtō-hon) Treasury of Knowledge of the True Law, The［正法眼蔵］ ( Shōbō-genzō) Treatise of Five Hundred Questions, The［五百問論］ (Chin Wu-pai-wen-lun; Gohyaku-mon-ron) Treatise on Accordance with the Correct Doctrine, The［阿毘達磨順正理論］ (Chin A-p’i-ta-mo-shun-cheng-li-lun; Abidatsuma-junshōri-ron) Treatise on Rebirth in the Pure Land, The［往生論］ ( Ōjō-ron) Treatise on the Buddha Nature, The［仏性論］ (Chin Fo-hsing-lun; Busshō-ron) Treatise on the Discipline for Attaining Enlightenment, The［菩提資糧論］ (Chin P’u-t’i-tzu-liang-lun; Bodai-shiryō-ron) Treatise on the Establishment of the Consciousness-Only Doctrine, The［成唯識論］ (Chin Ch’eng-wei-shih-lun; Jō-yuishiki-ron) Treatise on the Establishment of Truth, The［成実論］ ( Satyasiddhi-shāstra; Chin Ch’eng-shih-lun; Jōjitsu-ron) Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom, The［大智度論］ ( Mahāprajnāpāramitā-shāstra; Chin Ta-chih-tu-lun; Daichido-ron) Treatise on the Lamp for the Latter Day of the Law, The［末法燈明記］ ( Mappō-tōmyō-ki) Treatise on the Lamp of Wisdom, The［般若灯論・般若灯論釈］ ( Prajnā-pradīpa; Chin Pan-jo-teng-lun or Pan-jo-teng-lun-shih; Hannya-tōron or Hannya-tōron-shaku) Treatise on the Lotus Sutra, The［法華論・法華経論］ ( Saddharma-pundarīka-upadesha; Chin Fa-hua-lun or Fa-hua-ching-lun; Hokke-ron or Hokekyō-ron) Treatise on the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law, The［妙法蓮華経憂波提舎］ ( Myoho-renge-kyo-upadaisha) Treatise on the Middle Way, The［中論］ ( Mādhyamika-shāstra; Chin Chung-lun; Chū-ron) Treatise on the Mind Aspiring for Enlightenment, The［菩提心論］ (Chin P’u-t’i-hsin-lun; Bodaishin-ron) Treatise on the Observation of the Mind, The［観心論］ (Chin Kuan-hsin-lun; Kanjin-ron) Treatise on the Profundity of the Lotus Sutra, The［法華玄論］ (Chin Fa-hua-hsüan-lun; Hokke-genron) Treatise on the Pure Land, The［浄土論］ (Chin Ching-t’u-lun; Jōdo-ron) (1) (2) Treatise on the Source of Wisdom, The［阿毘達磨発智論］ ( Abhidharma-jnānaprasthāna-shāstra; Chin A-p’i-ta-mo-fa-chih-lun; Abidatsuma-hotchi-ron) Treatise on the Stages of Yoga Practice, The［瑜伽師地論］ ( Yogāchārabhūmi; Chin Yü-ch’ieh-shih-ti-lun; Yugashiji-ron) Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Mind, The［十住心論］ ( Jūjū-shin-ron) Treatise on the Ten Stages Sutra, The［十地経論］ (Chin Shih-ti-ching-lun; Jūji-kyō-ron) Treatise on the Ten Stages Sutra school［地論宗］ (Chin Ti-lun-tsung; Jiron-shū) Treatise on the Treasure Vehicle of Buddhahood, The［究竟一乗宝性論］ ( Ratnagotravibhāga-mahāyānottaratantra-shāstra; Chin Chiu-ching-i-ch’eng-pao-hsing-lun; Kukyō-ichijō-hōshō-ron) Treatise on the Twelve Gates, The［十二門論］ (Chin Shih-erh-men-lun; Jūni-mon-ron) Treatise Resolving Numerous Doubts about the Pure Land Teachings, The［釈浄土群疑論］ (Chin Shih-ching-t’u-ch’ün-i-lun; Shaku-jōdo-gungi-ron) Treatises of Seng-chao, The［肇論］ (Chin Chao-lun; Jō-ron) trikāya［三身］ (; san-jin) Tripitaka［三蔵］ (; san-zō) Tripitaka master［三蔵］ (; san-zō) Tripitaka teaching［蔵教］ (; zō-kyō) triratna［三宝］ (; sambō) true aspect of all phenomena［諸法実相］ ( shohō-jissō) true Buddha［本仏］ ( hombutsu) true cause［本因妙］ ( honnin-myō) true effect［本果妙］ ( honga-myō) true land［本国土妙］ ( honkokudo-myō) true Mahayana teaching［実大乗教］ ( jitsu-daijō-kyō) True Pure Land school［浄土真宗］ ( Jōdo Shin-shū) true teaching［実教］ ( jikkyō) True Word Precepts school［真言律宗］ ( Shingon Risshū) True Word school［真言宗］ ( Shingon-shū) Truth-Revealed Lotus school［顕本法華宗］ ( Kempon Hokke-shū) Ts’ai Yin［蔡愔］ (n.d.) (PY Cai Yin; Saiin) Tsukahara Debate［塚原問答］ ( Tsukahara-mondō) Tsukimaro［月満］ (b. 1271) Ts’ung-i［従義］ (1042–1091) (PY Congyi; Jūgi) Tsung-mi［宗密］ (780–841) (PY Zongmi; Shūmitsu) Tsun-shih［遵式］ (964–1032) (PY Zunshi; Junshiki) tuft of white hair［白毫相・眉間白毫相］ ( ūrnā-kesha or ūrnā-kosha; byakugō-sō or miken-byakugō-sō) Tung-ch’un［東春］ (PY Dongchun; Tōshun) Tun-huang［敦煌］ (PY Dunhuang; Tonkō) Turfan［トルファン］ ( Torufan) turning of the wheel of the Law［転法輪］ ( tembō-rin) Tushita Heaven［兜率天・覩史多天］ (; Tosotsu-ten or Toshita-ten) Tu-shun［杜順］ (557–640) (PY Dushun; Tojun) twelve bases［十二入・十二処］ ( jūni-nyū or jūni-sho) twelve divisions of the scriptures［十二部経］ ( jūnibu-kyō) twelve divisions of the teachings［十二分教］ ( jūnibun-kyō) twelvefold dhūta practice［十二頭陀行］ ( jūni-zuda-gyō) twelve gods［十二天］ ( jūni-ten) twelve great vows［十二大願］ ( jūni-daigan) twelve-linked chain of causation［十二因縁・十二縁起］ ( jūni-innen or jūni-engi) twelve sense fields［十二入・十二処］ ( jūni-nyū or jūni-sho) twelve sense-media［十二入・十二処］ ( jūni-nyū or jūni-sho) twelve vows［十二願］ ( jūni-gan) twenty-eight heavens［二十八天］ ( nijūhatten or nijūhachi-ten) twenty-eight Indian patriarchs［天竺二十八祖・西天二十八祖・二十八祖］ ( Tenjiku-nijūhasso, Saiten-nijūhasso, or nijūhasso) twenty-five preparatory exercises［二十五方便］ ( nijūgo-hōben) twenty-five realms of existence［二十五有］ ( nijūgo-u) twenty-four-character Lotus Sutra［二十四文字の法華経］ ( nijūyo-moji-no-hokekyō) twenty-four successors［付法蔵の二十四人］ ( fuhōzō-no-nijūyo-nin) twenty Hinayana schools［二十部・小乗二十部］ ( nijū-bu or shōjō-nijū-bu) twenty-line verse［二十行の偈］ ( nijūgyō-no-ge) twenty schools［二十部］ ( nijū-bu) Twenty-six Admonitions of Nikkō, The［日興遺誡置文］ ( Nikkō-yuikai-okibumi) Twenty-six Warning Articles, The［日興遺誡置文］ ( Nikkō-yuikai-okibumi) Twenty-Stanza Treatise on the Consciousness-Only Doctrine, The［唯識二十論］ ( Vimshatikā-vijnaptimātratā-siddhi; Chin Wei-shih-erh-shih-lun; Yuishiki-nijū-ron) twenty-three successors［付法蔵の二十三人・二十三祖］ ( fuhōzō-no-nijūsan-nin or nijūsan-so) two admonitions［二箇の諫暁］ ( nika-no-kangyō) two hundred and fifty precepts［二百五十戒］ ( nihyaku-gojikkai) two places and three assemblies［二処三会］ ( nisho-san’e) two storehouses［二蔵］ ( nizō) two transfer documents［二箇相承書］ ( nika-sōjō-sho) two vehicles［二乗］ ( nijō) Two-Volumed Sutra［双巻経・双観経］ ( Sōkan-gyō) Tz’u-en［慈恩］ (632–682) (PY Cien; Jion) Tz’u-en-ssu［慈恩寺］ (PY Ciensi; Jion-ji)